Printer's Scrap?

[steve B]

There's a lot of misprints around, some scrap, some just poor QC.

The misprints like the water mark on the Simmons and Fielder aren't common, but are pretty much one time only things that got through.
Missing colors are closer to scrap, but a lot of them seem to have also been released.

After the early 80's a bunch of stuff started getting out of the printers that would usually be destroyed.

There's the 79 Topps with 78 backs. I think they were a dump find. Originally sold in strips most have been cut into single cards.
I don't have one handy, but there are also a few with Mork and Mindy sticker fronts and baseball backs. But not stickers, printed on cardstock.

Plus a lot of odd setup sheets got out and again most were cut into singles.
Here's one.


Some stuff got out from earlier too. I have a couple 60's football cards with a color or two very far out of register, like 3/8-1/2 an inch.

In the 78-79 period Topps also used up some sheets that were either setup sheets or simply overruns by printing Bazooka boxes on the "front" leaving card backs inside. I have 78 baseball, and Black Hole, both bought in star market when new.

I really need to scan a bunch of stuff............

Steve B